Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is crucial to protecting the planet, scientists say Climate Change | Global Warming | Technology

emission reduction Greenhouse gases Achieving carbon neutrality by the end of the century is essential to ensuring a stable planet, according to a report released Thursday.

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The report was published by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), a German research institute that advocates for radical changes in global energy and environmental policies.

Achieving zero neutrality, i.e. reducing emissions as much as possible until the remaining emissions can be absorbed by nature, The energy industry alone will spend nearly $5 trillion between now and 2030According to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

“What we do today will be important for decades, centuries or even millennia to come,” explains Nico Wendling of the Potsdam Institute.

However, World average temperature appears on track to cross 1.5°C rise thresholdwhich, according to scientists, could have devastating effects.

“Permanently exceeding this limit would significantly increase the likelihood of triggering a tipping point,” the text explains.

The Potsdam Institute believes that the international community must take severe and swift measures.

“The reversal of global warming This can only be achieved by achieving carbon neutrality by at least 2100.”, Nico Wendling assured.

The researchers believe that every tenth of a degree (0.1°C) above the +1.5°C target between now and 2300 increases the likelihood of severe impacts on at least one of four elements of the Earth’s balance: the Amazon rainforest, Atlantic circulation, the Greenland ice sheet and West Antarctica.

The IEA said these ambitious climate goals conflict with the planet’s energy needs, which are rising every year, and the need to secure supplies of rare metals that are crucial for batteries.